Thailand's latest entry policy July 2022

The latest news is that Thailand will cancel the "Thailand Pass" system from July 2022; Temporary visitors are exempt from visa entry and fill in the entry registration card. Thailand's immigration policy has indeed been adjusted very quickly. Just a few days ago, TM6 entry and exit cards for foreign tourists were cancelled, and the Thailand Pass system was recently released. Please see below for details.

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China news agency, Bangkok, June 17-The COVID-19 Epidemic Management Center of Thailand held a plenary meeting on 17 and decided to further relax epidemic prevention measures in many aspects.

A spokesman for the center said that the meeting decided to completely cancel the "Thailand Pass" system from July 1 day, that is, overseas tourists do not need to register on the "Thailand Pass" system before entering Thailand; Temporary visitors are not allowed to fill in the entry-exit registration card. However, inbound tourists need to show their vaccination certificates or COVID-19 test certificates.

In addition, the meeting also approved the cancellation of temperature detection measures in public places, allowing workers to be transported normally nationwide, and allowing people in non-crowded places to voluntarily not wear masks.

The spokesman said that according to the report of the Ministry of Health, with the decline of epidemic data in Thailand, it is possible for Thailand to define new crown pneumonia as a local infectious disease in July. From July to the end of next year, it will be regarded as a "post-epidemic" period. During this period, there is still the possibility of a cluster epidemic, and certain epidemic prevention measures still need to be taken.

Pippa, Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, said on the same day that it is expected that after the relaxation of immigration measures in July 1 day, the number of inbound passengers will exceed 25,000 per day; After entering the tourist season in the fourth quarter of this year, the number of inbound tourists will reach 50 thousand every day. It is estimated that the number of inbound tourists will exceed 7.5 million in the whole year.

According to the data reported by the Thai authorities on the same day, in the past 24 hours, there were 1967 confirmed cases and 19 deaths in COVID-19. So far, there are nearly 4.495 million confirmed cases and 30,422 deaths in Thailand.